“The device was not an ordinary smart watch made by Apple or Samsung, but a special type that US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) had mandated the woman wear at all times, allowing the agency to track her.”

"“If you’re not willing to give my child a puberty blocker shot, which is an evidence-based, legal, medically necessary care, then what are you going to do? Stop providing abortions? Stop providing vaccines? It’s just a really slippery slope.”" Read this. sfstandard.com/2025/12/09/s...

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Unhinged almond mom behavior from the CMS administrator

clip farming from court is crazy work

Google's crawler for search and Gemini training sees 3.2 times more web data than OpenAI's crawler and even more than Microsoft and others, according to Cloudflare's Matthew Price revealing the new stat at @wired.com's #WIREDBigInterview event. He chalks that up to why Gemini is improving.

The way to say you miss someone in Farsi is that "your place is empty," which is 100% how it'll feel when returning to Cal Academy. RIP to an SF icon 😭

Claude the albino alligator is dead per @kqednews.kqed.org. RIP to a real one! ☹️ Hope reptile heaven is lit.

ICE is STILL stuck inside the parking garage in lower Manhattan, and they seem pretty grumpy about it.

when he posts you on grid UwU

Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist? MAMDANI: I've spoken about-- TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.

I’m glad every executive and politician spent several months trembling in fear and presenting tchotchkes and bending over at every possible opportunity, when they could have just been good at their jobs and behaved with integrity like New York’s new mayor just did. And he cucked him in no time!

iOS is doing too much 💀

this will always be free to read. BOOKMARK IT

“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence

lol. lmao, even.

Legally I think he can appoint Joel but for maximum comedic effect I think Lurie needs to tap noted D4 resident and fish burrito enjoyer Chesa Boudin

Deeply unsettling read!

but guys did liberal feminism ruin the workplace

A statement from Wired's Conde Union Members

This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop. Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.

I was one of the four people who got canned. In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com

Repro wins so far: - Virginia protected its status as the last abortion access haven in the South - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court retained the three Democratic justices needed to protect abortion - New Jersey elected a Dem governor (vital as one of the few states w/zero abortion restrictions)

Mere months ago, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was polling at 1 percent—right next to “Someone Else.” Tonight, he was elected New York City’s newest mayor. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

I'm libbin out fam

story hit the top of r/politics earlier but was removed because irrelevant to US politics

Ah. Who could have guessed this might become a problem? www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts. Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

Teen Vogue changed my life and their politics team was doing incredible journalism comparable to very little other publications. I can't say I'm not disappointed with this decision. Sending y'all love❤️

teen vogue did some of the hardest hitting work out there and this is a huge fucking loss

Take the person with the worst behavior you’ve ever seen at an airport and amplify it by 10. That’s Nancy Mace. Btw the TSA agents she allegedly berated aren’t being fully paid right now.

“ICE is all but extricating itself from the process … while effectively turning immigration enforcement into a service industry; a continuous, privatized, and largely unseen system capable of moving detainees hundreds of miles overnight while operating without direct federal presence.”

While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

According to my local Walgreens it is already Terry’s chocolate orange season again, and for that we should all be grateful.

Every part of the NYT story on the raid of the Chicago apartment building is crazy but this portion about the remnants left behind is so chilling www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

10 million social media impressions is…not a lot

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Apparently the new way to hit on people is to stand too close to them at a bus stop and tell them to hold your hand getting on the bus???

Yes!! And lots of indie bookstores have sales today too.

If you, like me, try to limit your Amazon shopping, you can still benefit from Prime Day deals by shopping the sales that other, non-Amazon retailers put on to compete with APD. For example, I need some new sheets. I can buy them directly through the company website at a similar discount right now.

Hi! I’ll be chiming in tomorrow on the best Amazon Prime Big Deal Days sales on products the @wired.com Reviews team has tested and loved! Reminder: Be nice or I’ll tell your mom.

This will be coming to San Francisco and we should all be thinking about ways we can help our neighbors and make our feelings clear in a safe way.

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

reject modernity (Sora), embrace tradition (JibJab)

This one made my head hurt, but like…you should read it.

“This is a colonial project, aimed at tech empire,” says Gil Duran, a former political consultant. “It sounds like colonization 2.0. When you go to another person's country and create your own country there, no matter your excuse, no matter your rationale.”

ICE has been arresting asylum-seekers in San Francisco for months now—targeting immigration court & sending people to far-flung detention centers. It's a constant stream of news. Readers often tune out. So here's a timeline recapping the most significant events so far.